Pimento cheese dip feels like something that just shouldn’t work. It’s a cheese dip, but it isn’t melty or gooey or warm. It’s just hunks of cheddar and pimento peppers. But it is so delicious, on everything from crackers to vegetables to just by the spoonful. And apparently now, also on chicken sandwiches.
Chick-fil-A, the home of arguably the best fast food chicken sandwiches in the country, have taken this confounding but wonderful cheese dip and decided to put it on a sandwich, to delicious effects. The sweet and spicy Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich is now available at select Chick-fil-A locations.
The sweetness in the sandwich comes from honey drizzled on their classic chicken, and the spicy comes from pickled jalapeno peppers added to the sandwich. Plus, of course, a generous helping of pimento cheese.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, Chick-fil-A is currently testing the sandwich only in certain restaurants in North and South Carolina. Hopefully, if the sandwich becomes as big of a hit as it’s expected to be, the sandwich will hit Chick-fil-A stores nationwide in the next few months.
In the meantime, if you just can’t wait to try this combination, try whipping up some pimento cheese of your own and slapping it on a Chick-fil-A sandwich. It probably won’t be as good, but for those of us outside of the Carolinas, it’ll have to suffice for now. Fans are already raving about this delicious new creation!
Dang @ChickfilA, you guys absolutely killed it with the newest twist on a great American tradition.
— Price Atkinson (@PriceAtkinson) September 16, 2020
The new Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich is a thing and taste of beauty. One down...many more to go! 🐄 pic.twitter.com/uDxrGOWBVy
This honey pepper pimento cheese chicken sandwich needs to become a regular menu item at @ChickfilA pic.twitter.com/H9LaSk1V5e
— Bowman's Bites (@BowmansBites) September 17, 2020
ATTN: A new player has entered the chicken sandwich game‼️
— Austin Blevins (@austin_blev) September 16, 2020
Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich. Sweet, savory, and spicy! It will take your tastebuds on a tour of the south!
I got mine @ChickfilA in Waynesville, NC. Available in Asheville, NC area and limited parts of SC. pic.twitter.com/GVtv6sBYa4